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1. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was a famous English writer. He is the author of

«Alice's adventures in wonderland» (1865) and «Through the looking glass» (1872), children's books that are among the most popular of all time. Lewis Carroll wasn`t his real name. It was the pen-name of Charles Dodgson.

1. Lewis Carroll was born in….. ..and died in……

2. His real name was….

3. Lewis Carroll was the…. ……….child in his family.

4. He studied at….

5. Lewis Carol was very good at….

6. He was also a famous…..

7. Lewis Carroll wrote….

8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. author-автор

2. pen-name – псевдоним

3. was born-родился

2. Lewis Carroll was born on the 27 of January in 1832. He was born in the small place at Daresbury in Cheshire near the towns of Warrington and Runcorn. He was the third child and the eldest son of eleven children. Carroll’s family was mainly northern English with Irish connections. His father was a priest¹. His mother died in 1851, soon after he entered university.

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6. He was also a famous…..

7. Lewis Carroll wrote….

8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. priest- священник

2. was born - родился

3. In 1846 Carroll entered Rugby School. It was a public school where he was unhappy and in 1950 he started to study at Oxford. He was a good student .He finished it in 1854, and became at teacher of math at the college.

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3. Lewis Carroll was the…. child in his family.

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6. He was also a famous…..

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8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. was born- родился

4. Among his hobbies was photography, at which he became very professional. His interest began when visiting his uncle in 1855, and at that time he took some photographs with his uncle's equipment. He bought his own camera and started to experiment with pictures of landscapes, architecture, sculptures and, most of all, of people. He had his own studio on the roof of Tom Quad and created around 3000 pictures.

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2. His real name was….

3. Lewis Carroll was the…. child in his family.

4. He studied at….

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6. He was also a famous…..

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8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

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5. Lewis Carroll was a mathematician. He studied mathematics and he became a teacher of math and logic at Oxford University for many years. As a mathematician, Carroll was rather conservative but careful. Many of his works are famous today. He was the author of ten books on mathematical topics.

1. Lewis Carroll was born in….. and died in……

2. His real name was….

3. Lewis Carroll was the…. child in his family.

4. He studied at….

5. Lewis Carol was very good at….

6. He was also a famous…..

7. Lewis Carroll wrote….

8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. was born- родился

2. author- автор

6. His most famous works are «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» and «Through the Looking-Glass». But Carroll also wrote other children's books, poems and a book on mathematics. His poem «Jabberwocky», and a poem «The Hunting of the Snark» are the examples of the genre of literary nonsense.

1. Lewis Carroll was born in….. and died in……

2. His real name was….

3. Lewis Carroll was the…. child in his family.

4. He studied at….

5. Lewis Carol was very good at….

6. He was also a famous…..

7. Lewis Carroll wrote….

8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. was born- родился

7. Lewis Carroll loved to tell and write stories, and he found that children loved to listen to his stories. In 1856 Carroll met Alice Liddell, the four-year-old daughter of his friend. He liked visiting this family and spending time with them. Carroll often made up stories for Alice and her sisters. Alice enjoyed the story and asked him to write it down for her. He did so, calling it Alice's adventures in wonderland.

Then Carroll wrote a second story about Alice called Through the Looking-Glass.

1. Lewis Carroll was born in….. and died in……

2. His real name was….

3. Lewis Carroll was the…. child in his family.

4. He studied at….

5. Lewis Carol was very good at….

6. He was also a famous…..

7. Lewis Carroll wrote….

8. His book « Alice's adventures in wonderland» was for Alice Liddell. She was a daughter of….

1. was born- родился